I’ve had hard days but so far, today has been the hardest in the history of mirrors and reflections.

And no, it’s not because I lost my zeal but mostly because of life happening.

Life has been happening lately.

Perhaps, I should shift my language.

Life has been happening to me lately. I have found myself in scenarios where I questioned, doubted, and found it difficult to reconcile the existence of two truths.

Like most things in life, the true test of your ideals, beliefs and values happens when they are called into question.

I felt different pangs of emotions but amidst all of it, something very interesting happened on a seemingly uneventful day.

So anyone who knows me knows how particular I am with one particular space in my home. Some call it the bed, I call it my safe space.

I am very intentional about my safe space. It comforts when I am down so the least I can do is be intentional about how it feels and looks.

I also have one cardinal rule – no outside clothes in my safe space.

I don’t believe I’m a germophobe but I think I’ve seen a lot across the city of Toronto and beyond to decide that outside clothes do not belong in my bed. This is a rule I try to live by.

On this particular day, I was beyond exhausted so I slept earlier than usual. I woke up and was surprised at what I saw.

I was on my bed but I wasn’t sleeping in it.

I looked around and noticed how I had adjusted my duvet and laid something else on the outer portion of my bed before falling asleep.

And the crazy part?!

I didn’t remember all of this happening!

I paused and realized how our subconscious and conscious mind interact.

Here I was thinking about how to navigate life, not realizing that I was living inside the manual I needed to overcome life’s happenings.

It was the perfect crash course for me.

I knew at that point that we had to learn to live by certain ideals to such an extent that they become part and parcel of us, even when we’re not looking.

I woke not knowing I’d feel better.

But I did.

Because all I needed to remember was that everything will be well.

And everything will indeed be well.